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Michelle Carrell asked this question about The Wolves of Midwinter (The Wolf Gift Chronicles, #2):
At one point Lisa calls Merchant an "incubus" is this an error or does she mean it as the term for a nightmare? I lean towards error because Reuben admits that he had sex with M. AND all this went down during a wet dream of Laura. All of these actions describe a succubus.
Shahira8826 I think either Anne Rice got confused or more likely the editor judged that most readers wouldn't know what a "succubus" was, so they decided to go wi…moreI think either Anne Rice got confused or more likely the editor judged that most readers wouldn't know what a "succubus" was, so they decided to go with the better-known, although imprecise, term "incubus".
I guess it's safe to assume Lisa definitely wasn't using "incubus" as a synonym for "nightmare", as you can see from Reuben's reaction to the word.(less)
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